Sentence examples for Pessimistic thought from inspiring English sources

Here is a dreadfully ripe and pessimistic thought: Did the chimps become infected by a dose of concentrated mankind?

More than that, he argues that pessimistic thought may provide a critically needed alternative to the increasingly untenable progressivist ideas that have dominated thinking about politics throughout the modern period.

There is also the question of whether talking to one's senators, much less yelling at them, will make much of a difference anyway, a pessimistic thought on a day celebrating the ideals of self-government.

If so, that deeply pessimistic thought remains unassuaged by the assurance that "Book after book I kept my word …" Of course, it's an effect of time that the world the librarians seemed to be "unfussily establishing" was never built, and that the future has become the dated dream of the past.

He further suggests that once we feel we're familiar with the pessimistic thought patterns we run through our heads, we begin to challenge them (ibid).

For years, I've been reading alarmed commentators like Martin Wolf of The Financial Times and thinking them a bit on the outer edge of pessimistic thought.

For a real respite, try thinking pessimistic thoughts, worrying out loud, ignoring a few needy people, and complaining a lot.

His pessimistic thoughts on the transitory nature of this world were uttered in an unpretentious kind of verse that rejected all current notions of style and technical finesse.

I suppose I could say the book itself was almost annoyingly repetitive and the pessimistic thoughts going through the main character's head were just depressing at times.

Because of that, people feel insecure in their relationships with others and have pessimistic thoughts about the reliability of strangers, which affects social cohesion, cooperation, collective connection and tolerance between citizens, among other things.

Throughout the book there are highs and lows with Holden, the main character, as he frustrates with his pessimistic thoughts and ideas but sometimes he surprises with sparks of decency and selflessness which made him more interesting to read about.